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After spending two years on the PTA board of my daughter's school, I've learned the importance of all the fundraising efforts. Without fundraising, our students wouldn't have access to many things, like events and even necessities. Last year, our PTA was able to raise enough money for the school to receive new ...

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As my daughter makes her way into 4th grade this September, I can't help but have so many thoughts as I prepare her for the school year ahead. When did she become a 4th grader? What happened to the shy little 4-year old I begrudgingly sent into nursery school? Where did the years go? How can I ...

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I'm not going to lie and tell you my kids are heavily limited on their devices. It's summertime, and as many activities as we have lined up for the kids, we also have a lot of downtime where they just bum around until it's cool enough to go outside, or until their next activity. Their devices also make great bargaining chips when their behavior is lacking, and since we are such a ...

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When we first moved to our new neighborhood, we were so excited to have a backyard, we may have overdone it a bit. Our backyard quickly became inundated with any outdoor toy imaginable. This summer I decided it was time to take charge of the backyard, and minimize the play area to a few select items that were stimulating, fun, and useful. I ...

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Last week I attending the Sushi Striker event at Nintendo in NYC with my girls. Now they are both very into their Nintendo Switch and 3DS and we are always excited to try out new games as they are released. The SushiStriker event was themed appropriately, as both candy and regular sushi were served to each guest. The kids had a blast playing games at various ...

There's something about chocolate glazed Entenmann's donuts that bring me back to my childhood. To this day, the crunchy hard chocolate shell that wraps the spongey donut satisfies my sweet cravings. While I can devour the chocolate Entenmann's donuts all on my own, I play fair and purchase the Entenmann's variety pack with plain and powdered donuts as well because I know everyone in my family has their own preferences. Oh, and the Entenmann's ...

Have you ever donated blood? I've always known the importance of blood donation and often attended blood drives in my community, but it wasn't until my own mother had to have a blood transfusion that I truly felt the impact of blood donation. There's never enough donated blood, and I can't say that I've ever heard that hospitals and blood centers have an abundance of blood; you always hear there is a need and drives are held frequently. How many ...

If there's one thing my family looks forward to at the end of the week, it's Family movie nights on Friday. We go all out- everyone has dinner to unwind from the day, cleans up, and then heads to the living room with comfy pjs for a family-friendly movie. It's a great way to start the weekend, but we aren't always in agreement on which movie we want to watch. There are plenty of family-friendly movies from the past decade, but my kids always seem ...